Episode 160: A Cancer Survivor Who Uses Her Many Personal Experiences With Cancer To Help Others
Kimberly Willis is a cancer survivor, a mother, a pastor’s wife, and she’s the founder of Survivor’s Corner and 49Rose. Kimberly joins The 1 Girl Revolution Podcast to share her own life experiences with cancer – from her parents both dying of cancer, her shocking diagnosis with stage 3 breast cancer, and her husband’s journey […]
Episode 156: Kidnapped by a Serial Killer at 15, She Escaped and Become an Advocate for Others
Kara Robinson Chamberlain was kidnapped by a serial killer at the age of 15, while standing in her friend’s front yard. She was held captive and assaulted for 18 hours, but then Kara made a courageous escape while her captor was asleep. Kara had memorized numerous things about her captor and the apartment that she […]
Episode 155: Surviving Childhood Abuse and Trauma, Working in Law Enforcement, and Empowering Other Survivors to Find Healing and Hope
Shannon Miller-Cox is a survivor, former law enforcement officer, and founder and Executive Director of Journey of Hope, Shannon joins the 1 Girl Revolution podcast to share her own incredible story of survival and how she founder her voice and her purpose, and to talk about the amazing work she does with Journey of Hope […]
Episode 154: A Survivor of Sexual Assault Who Now Stands With and Empowers Other Survivors
Trinea Gonczar, survivor, advocate, and Director of Development at Avalon Healing Center, joins The 1 Girl Revolution Podcast to share her incredible story. Trinea is a former gymnast and a survivor of the disgraced doctor Larry Nassar. Trinea spoke during the Larry Nassar case and her victim impact statement went global within hours after she […]
Episode 83: McKenzie: Surviving Cancer, Wine, and H.O.P.E. – Helping Other People Everyday
McKenzie Gallagher is the co-owner of Rove Estate Vineyard and Winery, she is a wife and mother of 4 children, she’s a cancer survivor, and she’s the founder of H.O.P.E. – Helping Other People Everyday. McKenzie joins the 1GR podcast to share her powerful story, she shares how she was diagnosed with a rare form of breast cancer – Triple Negative Breast Cancer – and the intense treatment she endured, and how she rose above it all, and how she founded H.O.P.E. to help people in need everywhere.
Episode 77: Katie’s Story: Living as a Suicide Loss Survivor and Creating a Community of Love, Advocacy, and Support for Others
Katie Hardy, the founder of Six Feet Over and Suck it! Suicide, suffered the loss of 8 friends and relatives to suicide, including her mother. Desiring to serve others who had suffered similar losses, Katie created Six Feet Over and Suck it! Suicide, in order to prevent suicide and to support those who had lost loved ones to suicide. Katie joins the 1GR podcast to share her life story, her personal experiences as a suicide loss survivor, and the story of how Suck It! Suicide and Six Feet Over were born, and more about the great work they do.
Episode 76: Rebecca’s Story: Trafficked into the Sex Industry, Persevering to Freedom, and Empowering Other Women
Rebecca Bender is a survivor of human trafficking, she’s a speaker, author, innovator, fighter, and she’s the founder and CEO of the Rebecca Bender Initiative (RBI) and Elevate Academy. Rebecca joins the 1GR podcast to share her life story, how she was trafficked for nearly 6 years, how she found freedom and her purpose, what she’s doing now to combat the human trafficking epidemic in our world – and what we can all do! Rebecca also talks about her memoir, “In Pursuit of Love” and so much more!
Episode 65: Cara’s Story: Surviving Domestic Abuse, Rising and Falling Through Life and Family, and Building Something Big and Beautiful With Your Life
Cara Brookins is the mother of 4, who took the world by storm when she and her children built a 3,500 square foot house from the ground up with nothing but YouTube videos to guide them. After fleeing domestic violence, Cara and her children were desperate to find a safe place to live and in 9 months this family built their dream home. Cara joins the 1 Girl Revolution podcast to share her life story, the rising and falling of life, her incredible story of resilience and hope, motherhood, her book “Rise”, and so much more. You don’t want to miss this inspiring episode!
Episode 59: Molly’s Story: A Cancer Survivor Supporting Other Women Throughout Their Cancer Journey, So They Can Survive and Thrive
Molly MacDonald, a cancer survivor and founder of the Pink Fund, joins the 1GR podcast to share her empowering and inspiring life story and to talk about the incredible work she does with The Pink Fund. The Pink Fund provides 90-day non-medical cost-of-living expenses to breast cancer patients in active treatment, so they can focus on healing, raising their families, and returning to the workplace. Their work has decreased stress levels amongst those they’ve served and has allowed breast cancer patients in active treatment to focus on healing, which has greatly improved survivorship outcomes. You don’t want to miss this episode of the 1 Girl Revolution podcast.
Episode 47: Kelly’s Story: Shining a Light on the Human Trafficking Epidemic Around the World
Actress, director, film maker, professor, human rights advocate, and creator and director of the documentary, “26 seconds”, Kelly Galindo, joins the #1GirlRevolution podcast to talk about her life, work, and the endemic issue of #humantrafficking in the US and abroad. Kelly shares the eye-opening experiences she has had through her work to cover the issue of human trafficking worldwide – and explains what we can all do to bring an end to this modern day slavery.